Imprdvement in toy money-banks



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T-OY MONEY-BOX. No.175,107v Patente fi March 21,1876.

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TOY MONEY-BOX. v N 175,10.7, Patented March 21,1876.

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wlNlFiRdVEMENTQ in Tov .MON'EY-BANKS.

Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No. 175,107, dated March 21, 1876; application filed l August 30, 1875.

To all whom"itonayiconcern: 4

Be it known thatLOnARLEs GgJonnson,

of Chester, in the county of .Windsor and State of Vermont, have' invented anIinpro'ved s ToyBank, of which thefol-lowingis'afspecification: e

This invention relatesto a toy bank; and consists in the combination, with a'ba'nkand;

. by the power; also, in other combinations hereinafter specified.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved bank; Fig. 2, a section on line a: as, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an under-side view Fig. 4, the back part of the bank; Fig. 5, the fioor of the bank Fig. 6, the front wall; Fig. 7, the top; Fig. 8, a door; Fig. 9, a side Wall; Fig. 10, the vault-forming plate; Fig. 11, the chute leading to the vault; and Fig. 12 is the bar for holding the frame of the bank together.

The base or foundation a. of the bank or house is made like a box, open at bottom and top, and it is covered by 'a floor, 12, secured to the box by means of pins projecting from the floor into openings=in the box. The floor is provided with small openings 0 to admit light into the vault, with openings (1 e to-receive projections f 9 (see Figs. 4 and 6) from the back and front walls h i of the bank also, with openings j to receive projections Z of the side walls, and with opening m to receive the chute n, Fig. 11. The chute n is placed in position; then the hooked projections f of the back wall h are placed in slots d, and the projections g of the front wall *6 are placed in openings 6; then the hinge-forming projections- 0 of the doors 1) are placed in the recesses q of the front wall; then the projections l of the side pieces '1" are placed in openings j, and the gether, and the projections t on the sideiwalls prevent the front and back walls from moving outward. In this condition the roof to, provided on its under side at each end-With a downward projection to fit betweenthe flanges 0 0 of the side pieces, is placed in position,

the projections 11 on the front and back walls passing through holes w in the roof, and then the whole structure of the bank iszlocked in position by a bar, .10, (see Fig. 12,)the reduced ends of which are fitted into openings inthe projections e, the bar rtsting on the top of the roof, as shown in Fig. 1. v

The piece a, Fig. 10, is providedwith an opening; I), for a screw, to attach the piecea to the floor of the bank, the edge c'hfitting against theback side of the box a, and this makes the money-receiving chamber or vault, which I designate d. The spring-power or clock-work e is connected with the box a. It may be of any Well-known or suitable construction, and need not be described -further than to Say it is provided with a spring to drive a train of wheels and rotate a maiu'spindle, f, (see Figs. 2 and 3,) provided at top with an arm, 9, carrying a figure or cashier, h, provided with a money-receiver, '5'. The lower end of this spindle f has projecting from it an arm, j, and the clock or other spring of the clock or other power has a tendency to so move the spindle f as to cause the arm j and figure to move in the direction of. the arrows. (See Figs. 1, 2, and 3.) .It is desired, however, to retain the cashier or figure outside the bank, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, except at such times as he may he wanted to carry money into the bank and to retain the figure in such position I use a locking device, It, (see Fig. 3,) which is a pinconnected with a spring-plate, l, having one end arranged in the path of movement of the arm j, connected with the spindle, and the arm of the spindle, at each rotation of the spindle under the action of the clock-spring, strikes the plate 1 and stops the rotation of the spindle, and the arm 9, carrying the figure or cashier, is placed in such relation to the spindle and arm j as to stop directly above the pin of the locking device, and the cashier is held in the position shown in Fig. 1.

The doors 1) p are arranged one to open inward and the other to open outward, the one 12 to the right of Fig. 1 opening inward; and they are provided with suitable springs to close them after the cashier.

If it is desired to deposit a coin, the same is placed on the receiver 0', giving it a slight pressure, just snflicient to cause the outer end of the arm 9, carrying the cashier, to descend, and to strike the piii of the locking device directly under it; and this action releases arm j, Fig. 3, fromthe arm I. of the locking device, and the spindle f, being then free, is moved by the spring of the clock-work, causing the arm g and cashier to move in a circle, and in so doing the cashier is brought against the door 10, which gives way before him. He passes into the bank. The door closes behind him. He moves his receiver 1" through the slot m of the chute n, and the lip n removes the coin, the latter dropping into the chute and into the vault below, and into which the chute leads; then the cashier moves against I claim- A p u 1. The combination, with a toy bank and with a spring or other power, of a cashier or figure adapted to he moved by the springpower into and out of the bank, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a bank, a cashier, and a spring adapted to move the cashier into and out of the bank, of a locking device to stop the cashier outside the bank, and to release him when desired, substantially as described.

3. The spindle-arms g j, cashier, and receiver i, in combination with the locking device, substantially as described. 4. The bank and its two oppositely-moving doors, in combination with the cashier carried by a rotating arm, and adapted to operate substantially as described.

5. The combination of the front, side, and back pieces or walls of the bank, provided with projections to enter openings in the floor, with the roof, and with a rod extended over the roof, and engaged w1th the walls, and adapted to hold together the upper portions of said walls, substantially as described.

6. The doors provided with hinge-pieces o, and the front wall 4;, provided with openings q, in combination with the side walls, provided with flanges to retain the hinge-pieces and the doors in position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof -I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES C. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, S. B. KIDDER. 

